Communication & Media Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Hobart and William Smith Colleges has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

The Colleges is located in Geneva, New York and approximately 1,833 students attend the school each year. Of the 638 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2021, 47 of them were communication and media studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

The Colleges Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

The Colleges Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at The Colleges compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at The Colleges is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	42
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	87
	129
	133
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	353
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	515

Earnings of The Colleges Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at The Colleges is $37,105. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at The Colleges

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The Colleges Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 47 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from The Colleges in 2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at The Colleges since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at The Colleges are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	37
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

The Colleges also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Aoliveira414 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.